They are Dorset Nagas, a colleague bought a plant from the Peppers By Post people at a food fayre. They were too hot for her (she didn't know what they were!)

Last night I put two whole chillies in a mexican bean chilli dish and wow- that worked! My girlfriend had to open the windows as I was lightly frying the chopped nagas with garlic as the fumes were hitting our lungs too hard!

Good stuff   

Thanks for the nice welcomes guys.

Nice to see we all worship the spices - the lumps in the sauce are just personal preference!   ;D

I tried cooking with one half of the Naga chilli last night and it seems I was being over cautious - the result was very mild. I'll try 2 next time and see if that has more kick to it.

I must admit that I never knew about the "curry base" idea. I'm going to have a bash at making up some of DarthPhalls recipe this weekend. Fingers crossed for a good result!

What a great site, looks like there are lots of lovely recipes to try here.

I'm Ed, I'm from Glastonbury in Somerset and love cooking anything with garlic and chillies in it - anything else is just boring! Fortuantely my girlfriend shares my tastes, otherwise that could get tricky.

I'm vegan, but don't hold that against me    Thank the Gods that chillies and garlic are not sentient beings!

I'm looking forward to meeting some of you better, for now I'm off to sniff around the forums for some new recipes.

Oh, and if anyone knows any good recipes for these Naga chillies a colleague has just given me I'd be grateful. They're evil looking things!